Ironing board device



Oct. 26, 1954' Y. AMBER 2,692,448

IRONING Bomb DEVICE Original Filed July 21, 1950 A TTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 26, 1954 IRONING BOARD DEVICE Yervant Amber, Los Angeles, Calif.

Substituted for abandoned application Serial No. 175,064, July 21, 1950. This application January 5, 1952, Serial No. 265,153

Claims.

This is a substitute for application Serial Number 175,064 filed July 21, 1950, for Ironing Boards, and abandoned before the filing of this application.

This invention relates to ironing boards and associated equipment, or to any similar device, and is so designed and arranged that the outer covering therefor can be easily removed and cleaned or just reversed as there are no obstructions in the way and no tools whatever are required. Means are provided so that the height of the ironing board can be adjusted in a quick and easy manner without risks of any kind. The invention is simple, durable and compact in structure and can easily be folded so as to occupy a minimum of space for shipping and storing; it is inexpensive to make and manufacture, very dependable and efficient in use and service, and

it has pleasing lines for use in most any room of a Other objects, advantages and features of this invention will appear from a careful perusal of the accompanying drawings, the subjoined detailed description, the preamble of these specifications, and the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an ironing board device with portions broken away, the board itself being shown in dot and dash lines;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along line 22 of Fig. l, the dash lines indicating how the board can be lifted at one end for receiving or removing the board sleeve-like covering or pad;

Figure 3 is also a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a detail at the pivot end of the board and showing in dot and dash lines the extended portion of a cord holder;

Figure 5 is a detail at the lower portions of the device showing the means for spreading a pair of the supporting legs;

Figure 6 is a detail of a portion of the device taken substantially along the line 8-6 of Fig. 2; and

Figure '7 is a small scale perspective view of the cover for the board.

The invention, as illustrated in the drawings, consists of a top ironing board element 1 which is of suitable size and has the free end 2 which can be lifted and lowered and the pivoted end 3 which isbolted or otherwise anchored to an inverted U-shaped band 4 which is metal or other suitable material and which has the downwardly directed legs or ends 5 and 6, as shown best in Figure 4.

The U-shaped band 4 has the tube 1 which is welded to the legs 5 and 6 and which provides a bearing for the internal rod 8, the ends of this rod supporting the top ends of the pair of spaced apart legs 9 and [9, the top ends of these legs having holes to accommodate the rod ends so that these legs are pivotally connected to the band 4 and hence to the board I. The end of the rods are threaded to receive washers and nuts for holding these parts together as a unit. These legs extend and decline downwardly and have suitable non-skid caps H at their ends, and these legs also flare outwardly at their lower ends in order to lend stability to the entire device; there being suitable braces Wherever desired and a rigid tubular brace [2 which is a bearing tube to accommodate the central tie rod l3 which is the pivot means atthe junction of the cross-legs or pairs of legs including the spaced pair of legs [4 and I5. These legs [4 and I5 having their respective bearings at opposite ends of the tie rod or pivot rod l3 and held in pivot relationship therewith by means of the illustrated washers and pins, or other suitable means, and the intermediate coiled compression springs l6 and 11 in the positions shown. The legs 14 and 15 are also flared apart at their lower ends and the compression springs 15 and I! force these legs to spread farther when the U-shaped leg brace I8 is swung from between these legs. This brace 58 has the arms [9 and 20 which are pivoted to their respective legs l5 and I4 and these arms are very stiil'so that when the brace is pushed or forced into a position as shown in Fig. 3, that is, in the same plane as the legs l4 and I5, the arms will pull the legs toward each other against the force of the springs l6 and H, but when the brace is released to the position shown in Fig. 5, the legs I4 and I5 will automatically by action of the springs i6 and H force the legs M and I5 apart to their lateral limits until they strike the stop pins and washers at the ends of the rod l3.

The brace can also be used for setting the height of the board I by engaging any of the pins 21 and 22 on the legs 9 and H), see Fig. 5. In Fig. 2, the various parts of the device are shown in dash lines to indicate how they appear when the board I is lowered to a predetermined position. The board may, however, be positioned at any number of elevations by swinging the brace 18 in the direction of the arrow 23. Another means is to be explained presently for making height adjustment without using the brace 18 for this purpose.

For making micro-adjustment for the height of the board I, a triangular shaped control means consisting of a tension spring 24, sprocket chain 25, and rod 26 is employed. The spring, chain and rod are arranged in series, and this is shown very clearly in Figure 2 of the drawing, and their connections made by means of hooks, the hook 2'! being common to spring and rod and secured to a cross brace member 28. A free rolling grooved pulley-like wheel 29 rides upon the bearing tube l2 and the chain is meshed with a sprocket wheel 30 that is keyed to a rod 3i which has bearing in suitable holes or other means in the legs of the band 4, the end of this rod 3! being bent to form a crank handle means 32 so that the board can be raised or lowered by working the crank. However, the parts are so balanced that the board can be easily and quickly raised or lowered by merely lifting or pushing downwardly thereon. Should the user not care to use this feature, the chain end 33 may be hooked to the hook element 34 which is pivoted to the V-shaped cross brace or rod 35.

The board I is held in snug position by the side large washer-like means 36 and 3'! which are rod supported to upstanding bars or straps 38 and 39 respectively and these straps are securely fixed to their respective proximate legs of the device, see Fig. 6. Wing nuts 40 and M are employed for tightening the washer-like means against the side edgesof the board 5.

An electric cord holder rod 62 has a loop 43 to receive the cord and is off-set at M and the rod portion 55 passes through alined holes in the band legs Sand 6, the distal end of this rod being turned at 46 to provide a suitable stop so that the holder cannot be pulled away from the legs and 6. The rod 42 is sprung inwardly toward the board I so that when it is not in use, it will lie snugly against the side of the board, the oifset means at 44 permitting this function.

It should now be apparent, that the board I can be pushed on down to the floor of a room and thus be folded so that it will be convenient to store and pack same. Obviously, the sprocket chain 25 may be longer and the rod 25 dispensed with. The balancing feature through use of the chain 25, the rod 26, and spring 24 is such that little eifort is necessary for moving the board I to any position from the level of the floor to its maximum height.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of form, style, design, materials and construction of the whole or any part of the specifically described embodiment of this invention Without departing from the spirit thereof in that such changes and modifications are considered as being within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In an ironing board device comprising an elongated work board supported by a pair of spaced apart leg pairs which are pivoted together and cross at their longitudinal middle portions, the top ends of one pair of legs having means pivotally connecting them to one end of the work board and the top ends of the other pair of legs having means for removably and snugly holding the work board at loci materially removed from 4 the place where the other pair of legs connect with the work board, each leg pair at the top thereof being provided with a cross-brace and the said longitudinal middle portions being provided with a cross-bar, the cross-bar having a pulley wheel thereon, a sprocket wheel keyed to one of the cross-braces and the other cross-brace having means for coupling purposes; and a coiled spring, rod, and sprocket cable in series connection with the meeting ends of the rod and spring being anchored to the coupling means and the spring and cable linked at the pulley wheel so that the work board can be easily raised and lowered and hold its vertical position above a floor.

2. The ironing board device recited in claim 1 wherein the lower end portions of each pair of legs are flared outwardly to lend stability to the device, and means consisting of a U-shaped frame pivoted toward the lower portions of one of the pair of legs for drawing the lower ends of the legs toward one another, and a coiled spring means around each end of the cross-bar between adjacent crossing legs for spreading the lower ends of these legs apart when the U-shaped frame is released.

3. In an ironing board device that is foldable and adapted to be set at different heights; an elongated work board supported by leg sets wherein each leg set comprises a pair of spaced apart legs inclined in the same directions but oppositely inclined with respect to the pair of legs in the other set, means across the middle portions of the legs where they cross which pivots them together, the top ends of one pair of legs being pivotally connected to one end of the Work board and the top ends of the other pair of legs having adjustable disc means for clamping against the side edges of the work board at loci materially removed from the place where the other pair of legs are pivoted to the work board, a cross-brace connecting the top ends of each pair of legs, and spring tensioned means having one end connecting the cross-brace at the top end portions of one of the pairs of legs to the cross-brace at the top end portion of the other pair of legs through sprocket, chain, spring, rod and pulley means wherein the pulley means is journalled where the pairs of legs cross for the purpose of balancing the ironing board at various heights from the floor of a room, and means for locking the ironing board in any one of a number of elevations.

4. In an ironing board device comprising an ironing board with subjacent spaced supports, one end of the board being hinged to one support but merely clamped to the other support so that a sleeve-like covering can be slipped onto the board when not clamped to its support; a closed and looped control means consisting of a link unit including a tension spring, the subjacent support consisting of a pair of leg units hinged together near their middle portions and the top ends of the leg units being the hinged and clamped portion of the subjacent support, means at the top portions of the leg units and at the middle portions of the leg units where they cross for supporting the closed and looped control means and allowing it to operate so that the board can be lifted or forced downwardly by an operator.

5. In an ironing board device which is adapted to be easily raised and lowered; an ironing board having subjacent supporting means which consists in pairs of cross legs having a cross brace Where they cross and a cross brace at the top of each pair of legs, a triangularly shaped flexible References Cited in the file of this patent control means consisting or a link unit which UNITED STATES PATENTS includes a tension sprmg, said cross braces being positioned so as to give the link unit a triangular Number Name Date form, means on two of the cross braces accom- 5 612,905 Josephs 1393 modating the link unit for slidable operation and 664,122 Bus s 1900 means on the third brace for anchoring one 1,310,490 Whltaker July 1919 corner of the link unit, said spring maintaining 1,469,456 Edwards 1923 the unit under tension so that the board can 1,583,695 Lane May 4, 1926 be raised and lowered by slight lifting and doWn- 10 13762924 Forney June 1930 2,466,556 Picken Apr. 5, 1949 Ward pressure respectively.

2,560,049 Dahlstrom July 1'7, 1951 

